Just one look from her opponent had left her unable to move.
"We're short on time. I only need you to believe that we're just as deeply concerned about the extremely tense situation as you are. We're not enemies of America's security; we're allies trying to help you. Can you understand that?" Wang Han said patiently.
Dr. Connors fell silent, clearly still reluctant to trust Wang Han.
Just as Wang Han sighed and prepared to access his memories directly, Dr. Connors said coldly, "Even if I believe you're sincere, I don't believe you're capable of turning things around. Humanity is about to be destroyed."
"What's going on?" Kirk's spirits lifted. They'd finally found the right point in time.
Dr. Connors brought up a star chart. "You came here to NASA, so I assume you already know that a large number of meteorites are about to strike the European continent."
"The European Union says they're small, no more than a ton each," Kirk scoffed. "Then each meteorite would hit with about the force of an artillery shell. They might destroy a few buildings, but they wouldn't cause catastrophic damage."
"The European Union isn't lying," Dr. Connors said with a bitter smile. "Those politicians wouldn't dare. But there's one thing they left out: the number of meteorites."
"There are a full 20,000 of them!" Dr. Connors pointed to a photograph taken by the International Space Station, showing a mass of Fiery Meteors.
Against the vast darkness of space, tens of thousands of tiny meteorites glittered like fireflies in the night as they hurtled toward the blue Earth.
"Even if tens of thousands of shells struck Europe's major cities, they'd cause, at most, a few million casualties. That wouldn't be enough to wipe out humanity," Kirk said gravely.
"But that assumes you know